Let’s be honest. I started collecting these links on September 2, so this is really an entire month’s collection. By now it’s old news that TripAdvisor posted a list of its ten most pet-friendly hotels in the U.S. — the algorithm is a little sketchy (“accommodations which have four or more circles out of five on TripAdvisor, and feature the greatest number of TripAdvisor traveler comments describing them as pet- or dog-friendly”), but I loved learning about The Paw House Inn, a Vermont hotel that charges extra for visitors without a dog.

We touch down briefly in Fort Myers, where the Montecristo Travels team checked out the airport pet relief area, and then head west to Boulder (where the Kimpton Crawl team reported on a dog-friendly-ish Whole Foods — your dog can’t come inside, but there’s a water fountain and a patch of grass to comfort her while you shop) and Salt Lake City (Sara, Marty and Oscar, heading west themselves, found a truly dog-friendly farmer’s market).

Speaking of abroad, check out this article from Lynn Braz, syndicated on BlogHer, about traveling with Jersey, her Shih Tzu, from New York to the Côte d’Azur (and, more generally, about the joy of traveling abroad with your dog — but I particularly enjoyed hearing about how she dealt with Air France’s weight limit for in-cabin dogs). Please note, however, that while she’s right about Australia and New Zealand’s tricky quarantine requirements, the U.K. is very do-able, and will shortly become downright easy.

I’ll leave you with a thought-provoking post from Fido Friendly — it’s about a program (Personalized Emergency Training Services) offered by Wag’N Enterprises to pet boarding and day care facilities, and it raises an issue I hadn’t previously considered: Is your dog’s boarding facility prepared to handle a disaster like Irene or, God forbid, Katrina? Or will you find yourself a country (or several) away from your dog, wondering if she’s okay? Consider asking your favorite boarding facility if they’re prepared for a [insert your local disaster], and if they look at you blankly, consider letting them know about this PETS program.

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